“The Peanut Butter Falcon” Film Review: Easy Livin’ with a Hard Life

The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) is an adventure comedy-drama from filmmakers Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz. It stars Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf, and Dakota Johnson in a heartwarming tale of a young man with Down Syndrome who teams up with his caretaker and an outlaw on the run for a cross-country journey to fulfill his dream of becoming a pro wrestler. It’s been described as a modern-day Huckleberry Finn retelling and one of the sweetest films of the decade, with rave reviews coming out of SXSW Fest and a surprise wide release this month. What has made this little tale such a runaway success?